WEBVTT NIGHT.NEWS 8'S BARBARA BARR HAS MOREFROM SILVERSPRING TOWNSHIP.BARBARA: THE REMNANTS OF THETREE THE WIND RIPPED APART,CAUSING IT TO FALLACROSSROUTE 924 IN SILVER SPRINGTOWNSHIP SUNDAY NIGHT.>> OFFICERSWERE DISPATCHEDFOR A TREE ACROSS THE ROADWAY.>> IT WAS JUST PAST 11:30 ANDWHAT THEYFOUND WAS MUCHWORSE.A MERCURY SEDAN DRIVEN BY22-YEAR-OLD DEAN MARTIN OFROYCEVILLE STRUCK THE DROWNEDTREE, IT FELL THROUGH THEWINDSHIELD STRIKING HIM IN THECHEST.>> WE INVESTIGATED, FOUND THEGENTLEMANINSIDE THE VEHICLEAND GOT MEDICAL AND EMERGENCYRESPONDERS OUT.>> IT WAS DARK.FOGGY.THE ROAD WAS WET AND THE TREEFELL ON A HELL.>> IT WAS A VERY UNFORTUNATELYSERIES OF EVENTS THAT LED TOHIM NOT KNOWING THE TREE WASTHERE BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATETO AVOID IMPACT WITH IT.

The victim has been identified as 22-year-old Shannon Martin of Loysville.

Authorities say Martin was travelling west on Route 944 in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County around 11:40 p.m. when high winds blew a branch from a tree that went through the windshield and struck Martin in the chest.

Martin was transported to West Shore Hospital where he later died from his injuries.